Otto Matic changelog

4.0.2 (NOT RELEASED YET)

Quality of life improvements:

Better Italian translation thanks to @orazioedoardo (#2)
New settings: infobar centering and scaling (#17)
New setting: toggle automatic alignment of the camera behind Otto (I like to turn this off when playing with a controller)
For the completionists out there, the bonus screen now says if you've rescued all humans in the level
Hold down the jump button to fast-forward through bonus screen tallies
Cheat code now gives ammo for all weapons, have fun trying out the growth potion in hilarious places (#3)
Alternate cheat code for keyboards with bad rollover (#12)
Toggle fullscreen with Alt+Enter
Restored monochrome anaglyph setting
macOS: Prevent quitting the game by mistake if fat-fingering ⌘Q or ⌘W
macOS: Retina support, preferred display setting

Gameplay:

Saucer abductions are now fairer. The saucer won't come if a closed gate stands between Otto and the human, or if Otto is unable to move freely due to level-specific gimmicks (zipline, water skiing, teleportation, etc). A fair amount of humans were previously impossible to rescue; it is now possible to rescue them all, in theory.
Fix flaky fence collisions at high framerates — keeps critical enemies from getting out of bounds (Tractor, etc.) (#15)
Fix flaky platform physics at high framerates (especially in level 3 at more than 130 fps)
Non-vsync framerate cap raised to 500 FPS (up from 100 previously) thanks to stabler physics

Cosmetic:

Seamless terrain texturing
Buttery-smooth motion of spline-bound humans, enemies, platforms and boats along their spline
When escaping a level, align Otto to the center of the ramp so he doesn't clip through the hull once inside the rocket
Fix rough cropping of rocket flame (especially apparent in bonus screen)
Starfield now visible through rocket's interior windows in bonus screen
Fix graphical glitches when using supernova
Raise particle system caps (fixes missing jump-jet smoke in busy areas)
Fix jitter in particle orientation (especially apparent in smoke/steam emanating from the ground)

Level-specific tweaks:

Level 1: Reset tractor to initial position when player dies as long as the metal gate is shut
Level 1: Fix lopsided tractor back wheels
Level 1: Fix softlock if Otto runs out of jump-jet fuel in onion area (to continue, Otto had to die and restart at checkpoint 1)
Level 2: Fix softlock if Otto runs out of jump-jet fuel at checkpoints 6 and 7 (to continue, you had start the whole level over)
Level 2: Otto can now stand on top of BubblePump plungers instead of clipping through them
Level 4: Fix some teleporters unexpectedly catching Otto as he walks out
Level 4: Restored 2 teleporters that were removed way back in version 1.0.2 for technical reasons (#20)
Level 5: Fix inconsistent belly slide force after rocket sled (this sometimes caused Otto to slip into the bottomless pit unfairly)
Level 5: Camera attempts to be smarter than to stare at the floor when Otto falls through a trapdoor
Level 5: Limit amount of enemy bumper cars, making the bumper car zones less tedious to complete — like original PowerPC version when played on a CPU weaker than a G4
Level 6: Fix missing GiantLizards and Flytraps (which are critical to level flow) due to enemy caps getting hit more often than in 1.0.0 (#10)
Level 6: GiantLizard won't try to chase the player through an unbroken wooden gate (this used to cause ugly clipping)
Level 6: Fix scale of tossed weapon when player is giant
Level 8: Tone down cacophony when getting hit by a SwingerBot
Level 9: Stop Otto's walk anim once he's inside the rocket

Technical improvements:

Reuse a single GL draw context throughout the game
Better fade out implementation
Fix rare crash caused by accumulating too many open file handles (especially on macOS during a long play session)
Stability fixes in audio mixer
Reduce memory allocations in-game
Update SDL to 2.26.2 (notably fixes v-sync in macOS Ventura)
New build target: Linux/aarch64 (ARM64)

Last Mac version officially published by Pangea for PowerPC and 32-bit Intel Macs.